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During his presentation at the Opening Keynote at the ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Tampa earlier this month, Chuck Hull discussed what he believes is an important frontier for advanced manufacturing: regenerative medicine.

WISE

Applications for the WISE 2018 Program Are Now Accepted!

Ranked as one of the best internships in the U.S. by the Princeton Review, WISE offers a unique opportunity to 3rd and 4th year engineering students to spend the summer in Washington, D.C., learning about the interaction of technology and public policy.

IMECE

COUNTDOWN TO IMECE! Top 5 Reasons to Attend IMECE: Network and Connect

Whether you are reuniting with your colleagues, finally meeting contacts face-to-face, or connecting with potential collaborators for the first time, IMECE is a fun place to come together and foster lifelong professional relationships.

MSEC2018

CALL FOR PAPERS: MSEC 2018 at Texas A&M

Abstracts and Draft Papers are now being accepted for the ASME 2018 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC2018) to be held at Texas A&M University from June 18 to 22, 2018.

Voicing a Tech Revolution at Arizona State

News

Applications Now Being Accepted for Two ASME Congressional Fellowships

ASME Government Relations is now accepting applications for two 2018-2019 ASME Congressional Fellowship opportunities, available to ASME members through the ASME Federal Government Fellowship Program. Online applications accepted through January 31, 2018.

Fellowship

Apply for a 2018-2019 ASME Congressional Fellowship in Energy!

Once chosen as a congressional fellow, select your congressional assignment through interviews with congressional offices, with reference to ASME’s priority issues, which includes “Clean Energy.” Applications accepted between September 15, 2017 – January 31, 2018.

Membership

New! ASME Student Group Membership Program for Colleges and Universities

A convenient and easy way to ensure all mechanical engineering students have full access to the many benefits of ASME membership, these valuable benefits are worth thousands of dollars that will greatly enhance their current academic and future professional careers!

Article

NASA Mines the Possibilities

NASA’s Robotic Mining Competition aims to encourage innovative breakthroughs as the organization considers the future exploration of Mars. Brent Chester, University of Alabama, has been on the winning team three years in a row.

News

ASME Participates in Summer Streets Festival in New York

On Aug. 19, ASME took part in the NYC Summer Streets program. Approximately 400 people stopped by ASME’s booth, which promoted the Society’s new E-Fest program for engineering students as well as the long-running Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) competitions.

Conference

IMECE Opening Keynote Speaker Announced: Charles W. Hull

Additive manufacturing pioneer Charles W. Hull, co-founder and chief technology officer of 3D Systems, has been selected as the speaker for the Opening Keynote at the ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).

News

On July 25, more than 120 Congressional staff and industry stakeholders convened at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., for an ASME-sponsored Congressional Briefing focusing on the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Engineering Education Grant Program.

Membership

New! ASME Student Group Membership Program for Colleges and Universities

A convenient and easy way to ensure all mechanical engineering students have full access to the many benefits of ASME membership, these valuable benefits are worth thousands of dollars that will greatly enhance their current academic and future professional careers!

News

Annual Meeting Membership Assembly Addresses ASME and the Next Generation of Engineers

A special Membership Assembly at the ASME Annual Meeting in Newport Beach, Calif., provided ASME members attending the conference with an update on ASME’s recently launched strategic plan and its implications for the future of the Society.

Conference

Registration is Now Open for ICEF

Registration is now open for the 2017 Internal Combustion Engine Fall Technical Conference (ICEF 2017) in Seattle, Wash. The conference features a student competition highlighting undergraduate research in internal combustion engine technology.

Article

Three Winners Named at the ASME ISHOW in Kenya

The creators of three new social innovations—a device for detecting malaria, a portable science lab, and a glove that translates sign-language—were named the grand-prize winners at the recent ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) in Nairobi, Kenya.

Sponsored

Free White Paper: 7 Tips to Increase Engineering Productivity

The global competitive landscape for manufacturing is squeezing everyone. This high-pressure environment requires high productivity, resulting in doing things faster and leaner, or giving the game away to a hungrier competitor willing to do whatever it takes.

FutureME

FutureME Mini-Talks at IDETC/CIE, Sunday August 6, 2017

FutureME Mini Talks are peer-to-peer presentations delivered by early career engineers sharing their unique experiences and passion. These impactful talks cover topics of interest for early career engineers, from personal growth to career and professional development.

E4C

Promising Prototypes to Watch in 2017

Prototypes are pushing the field of global development technology forward as they evolve in workshops, universities, laboratories and garages. We asked our international network of experts to recommend the innovations that they believe we should keep an eye on.

Journals

New L&D Autumn 2017 eCalendar Now Available

Download ASME’s FREE Autumn 2017 Learning eCalendar listing dates and locations of Live Course offerings in North America and Europe through December 2017, as well as eLearning Courses available worldwide from any PC with internet access, at any time.

News

New ECLIPSE Interns Start Their Terms

Eight early career members of ASME have been selected to participate as the 2017-2018 class of the Society’s Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering (ECLIPSE) program, in which young members of the Society learn about the inner workings of ASME.

Membership

Coming Soon: A Brand New Member Benefit: ASME Salary Services!

Knowing your professional value can help you make sure you’re fairly compensated. This survey compiles comprehensive data from thousands of engineering professionals to create a salary calculator tailored to your information. Keep an eye out for your personalized link!

E4C

Welcome to E4C’s Research Fellows of 2017

The 12 fellows represent six countries: Canada, Guatemala, Sweden, Uganda, the United States, and Venezuela. The program has also evolved with the inclusion of three expert fellows, who lend guidance to field research and reporting.

ME Magazine

ME Magazine: Strings Attached

Books

ASME Press and Wiley Publish Latest in Their Joint Book Series

ASME Press and Wiley & Sons recently issued the latest book in their co-branded Wiley-ASME Press Series in Mechanical Engineering imprint. Applications of Mathematical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Models in Engineering & Medicine is available in print and digital.

Career Center

Resume Nightmares: The worst things you can do to your resume

While nightmares leave you waking up in a cold sweat, they dissipate quickly into reality. But sometimes the things we do while awake can become living nightmares: like our resumes, for instance. Here are some mistakes people make that result in resumes from Hades.

Course

Communicating to a Non-Technical Audience

In an age when technology is the dominant force of change and complexity is often a measure of innovation, engineers are increasingly faced with the challenge of communicating their ideas to audiences outside their scope of knowledge.

News

Congratulations Mars Medical Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the Mars Medical Challenge, who successfully created digital 3D models of objects that could be used by astronauts to maintain physical health on a 3-year mission to Mars.

Training

Get Your Free ASME Training eCatalog “Flipbook” for Spring 2017

Browse ASME’s new Spring ’17 eCatalog featuring training courses for engineers and technical professionals presented in the United States or Europe this Spring. Check out the ASME Spring 2017 Training eCatalog “flipbooks” for North America! or Europe!